Jobless Claims Remain Near Decades Low
Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, inched up by 18,000 to 206,000 for the week ended Dec. 11 from a revised 188,000—the lowest level in 52 years—the week before, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Dec. 16, 2021 at 8:43 a.m. ET
by Bryan Mena


